Horseshoe-pad



E. SIN'FIELD AND W. H.GOL'DFINCH.

HORSESHOE PAD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY21,1918.

PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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EDWARD SINFIELD AND wILLiAM HENRY connrnvcn, or LoNnoN, ENGLAND, Assrenons or ONE-THIRD TO mo WELLSTEAD cnrnnnn, or LONDON, ENGLAND .HORSESHOE-PAJJ.

Application filed May 21,

, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 20 1921 1918. Serial No. 235,905.

(GRANTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF- THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1921, 4 :1 STAT. L., 1313.)

T 0 all whom it may concern 5 Be it known that we EDWARD SiNr ELD and WILLIAM HENRY, GOLDFINCH, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe- Pads, (for which we have filed an application in England, Feb. 13, 1917, No. 2172,.

the final number of which application is 111,952,) of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in elastic horse-shoe pads, of the kind known as bar-pads, which comprise a backing designed to be inserted and'clamped between the shoe and the hoof, and a rubber pad which is positioned between the heels of the shoe.

The objects of our invention are, to firmly interlock the pad with the shoe, to minimize slipping, and to preserve complete ventilation and natural action of the hoof.

According to'our invention an elastic barpad for horse-shoes comprises a rubber pad and a backing therefor, designed so as to inclose the heels of the shoe and cover the heel of the frog, and also so as to firmly interlock with the converging heel ends of the shoe. The backing is furnished withlatera-l extensions arranged to engage between the hoof and the inner surface of the shoe, while the pad is formed with lateral recesses for receiving the converging heel ends of the shoe, so that the intermediate part of the pad forms a wedge-like extension that firmly interlocks with such converging heel ends when applied to the shoe. The backing may be formed of leather or other material, or be formed integral with the pad, in which case either the whole backing, or part there-.

of only, is reinforced with canvas or other fabric. one or more light metal stifieners arranged so that the ends thereof extend into the lateral recesses, flush with their bottom surfaces to form bearings for the shoe heels.

Our invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference numerals in'dicatelike parts. 7

Figure 1 is a top'plan view of our improved horseshoe pad the backing being partly broken away to show the reinforcement therein; Fig. 1 is a similar View illustrating a modification in the arrange- The pad body is reinforced with.

ment" of the reinforcement; Figs. 2 and?) are respectively underside and side views thereof; Fig. 4 is an underside view showing theapplication of the padto a horse 7 of the shoe, forms a wedge-like extension 3. e

4 is the pad backing provided with lateral extensions 5. 6 is a metal stiffener arranged in the body of the pad so that its ends project into the recesses 2, flush with the adj acent bottom surfaces of the latter, and afford bearings for the heel ends of the shoe. Before fixing the shoe to the hoof, the pad and shoe are assembled by pressing the same together at right angles to the tread, thus causing the converging heel ends of the shoe 7 to take into the lateral recesses 52, of the pad, so that the lateral extensions 5, of the pad backing, rest upon the inner surface of the shoe, while the wedge-like extension 3, of the pad, projects between a-nddovetails with the converging ends of the shoe, such shoe en dsbeing also inclosed by the heel of the pad 1, as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, of the drawings, so that the pad 1, and

shoe 7, are firmly interlocked against relative horizontal movements. When the assembled horseshoe and pad are secured to thehoof, the extensions 5, of the pad backing are clamped between the hook and the shoe, and are further secured by the rear nails of the shoe which are driven through hoof, as indicated at Fig. 1, the inner por-' tion of the frog, indicated by the dotted lines 9, and the remainder of the hoof, being left uncovered so that complete ventilation and the natural action of the hoof are assured.

What we claim is V 1. An elastic bar-pad for horse-shoes, comprising a rubber pad and a backing,- designed to cover the rear of the frog and to inclo-se the heel ends of the shoe, there-being lateral extensions on said backing for engagement between the hoof and the shoe, lateral recesses in said pad for receiving the heel ends of the shoe, a wedge-like exten sion of the pad intermediate of said heel ends, which firmly interlocks therewith, and

' metal. reinforcements in said pad the ends whereof extend into said lateral recesses and form bearings for the shoe heels.

2. An elastic bar-pad for horseshoes comprising a rubber pad with a reinforced integral backing designed to cover therear of the frog and inclose the heel ends of the shoe, there being lateralextensions on said back ing, lateral recesses in said pad, and an intermediate wedge-like extension adapted to receive and interlock with the converging heel ends of the shoe, and a light metal reinforcement in said pad 'arranged to form bearing surfaces for the shoe heels in said lateral recesses. 3. An elastic bar-pad ing reinforced with leather and designed to coverthe frog portion of the hoof, and furnished with lateral extensions for engagefor horseshoes c'omprising a rubber pad with an integral backment between the hoof and the shoe, said shoe heels, and a metal reinforcement which extends across said pad into the lateral recesses flush with the bottom surfaces thereof.

EDWARD SINFIELD'. WVILLIAM HENRY GOLDFINCH. 

